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The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-30
plTH AND POINT.

"A shoemaker advertised ''medicin.
al boots;" the virtue was in the heel -
Exchange.
-'Oh, mammal" sighed little Ethel.
Il have such a headache in my sash!'
The Epoch
-Rumors are among the best things
in the world to let alone. -Pom1croy's
Advauce Thought
What you want to do that is good
and approved of your conscience. with
out the opportunity to doso, are germs
Of Immortality.
Its nachul dat de higher we gifts
in dis life de mo- trouble we has De
taller de tree grows de mo- it's shuck
by de win. -Arka,ssaw Traveller.
-"Conscience is the pulse of rea-
son." says great man Yes. but too
much of this pulse has sort of
dead beat to it-Dansville Breeze
Generally speaking, a woman's
praise of another woman means about
as much as Yours faithfully docs at
the end of a letter. Somervills Jour-
ndL
Lady Ito drug clerk). "A two-cent
stamp, please" Clerk (absent-mind-
ed. Eyes, madam. Will you take it
with you or have it sentp'' Harper's
Bazaar.
Statistics show that girls who
work in match factory do not get
married any quicker than those who
work at other places. Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
II the law prohibiting the carry
ing of concealed weapons were gener-
ally in vogue many woman would
have to bite her tongue off to keep out
of Jail. Judge.
1t isn't the man with the biggest
library who is the best informed.
Generally he has to yield gracefully to
the man who has only dozen books,
and reads 'em. -Somerville Journal
Says an exchanges: There is no
force so strong in the realm of moral
thought as sincerity" This is espe-
cially observed when gentleman
tells you'll you don't leave in two min
utes he'll kick you down stairs, and
You know by the expression on his
face that he means it.
What Allied Her.
The maiden paused; q look Of pain
Stole DER her chiseled features;
Her hands few back with might and main
Like TWO unbridled creatures.
She wriggled, painted. held her breath.
And writhed through every muscle.
"Great Jove!" cried, "can this be deathr'
"Guess not" stranger near me saith;
"She's bunchin' out her bustler'
Cleveland Sun.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-30
ABOUT TooTHPIcKs.
The Use and Abuse of These Indispensable
Little Articles

The Uso and Abuse of These Indispensable
Little Articles.
The toothpick, when used with dis.
erection and at proper times and in
proper places, is an unobjectionable
Ii tile instruments Its occasional en-
ployment is, as a rule, necessary to
cleanliness and the preservation Of the
teeth. So also is the use Of the tooth.
brush. This adjunct of the toilet is.
however. never used in public. The
person who, after partaking of meal.
should proceed to publicly use his
toothbrush, would speedily find him.
self banished from decent society. Yet
such action would be less objectionable
to witness than the service to which
some people, who pretend to ref ne
ment and culture, put the tooth-pick.
There is but one place in which it may
be rightly used-the dressing room.
and no person who has the slightest
consideration for the feelings Of others
will handle it anywhere else.
1t would seem to be almost unnec.
essary to make such statements as
those in the foregoing paragraph. N o
one possessing any delicacy of feeling
or squeamishness of digestion will
dream Of controverting them. And yet
the tooth-pick is daily increasing, and
has already reached proportions that
strike the foreign visitor with astonish-
ment and disgust and make the lives
of many Of our citizens any thing but
agreeable.
The practice has doubtless grown
owing to the large number of people
who live or have lived in hotels and
clearinghouse, where tooth-picks
were furnished with the idea that
guests would take them to their rooms;
and in some of the hotels guests can
even now only procure tooth-picks at
the doors by which they leave the din
ing-rooms. In other hotels and in
many clearinghouse, and also, it is
sad to have to write, in some private
houses, the tooth-pick holder is reg
ular ornament ~ OF the meal table.
and its contents are assiduously
worked.
In no other country that the writer
has ever visited have tooth picks been
publicly used in private houses or in
the presence of women. An English
woman or French woman of the bet
ter class not only never dreams Of
using tooth-pick before people, but
she considers it something that 1t is
more pleasant not even to mention.
Here, however, it is no uncommon oc-
currence to hear lady ask for the
toothpicks. and select one that she
thinks will fit her needs.
The subject is not an agreeable one
to write about It could have been
treated in far more realistic manner.
but this is one of the instances in
which much may be proftably left for
the intelligence Of the reader to sup
ply. There are. Of course. h, ndreds
of thousands of Americans who are
guiltless in this matter; there is. per.
haps, an equal number who. through
thoughtlessness or carelessness are
not guiltness It probably needs, how
ever, only e hint to reclaim them.
Should these lines have only very
limited effect they will not have been
written in vain. --Epoch,
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The IoW0 State Redisker. whit

The lowG State Register, which
championed the blackguard futile in
his abuse OF the President last summer,
now quite Enthusiastically defends
the BLACKBOARD editor of the Minneapo-
lis Tribune in his attack upon Mrs.
Cleveland. declaring that ''every
word" of the insulting article was
true" The LEICESTER is the leading Re-
publican organ Of Iowa.-M = Post.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-30
ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA, WEDNESDAY,. NOVEMBER 80 1887

nor eastern, nor western. They are
American. Let the curtain fall upon
the tragedy of our history. Clear the
stage and dismiss the audience, for it
is surely land of "Union and liberty,
now and forever one and inseparable.
San Francisco Alta.
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"A Buffalo inventor will soon make
a public test of an odd-looking street
sweeper. on which he has been ut work
for year. 1t is intended to clean the
streets without sprinkling them. 1t is
covered with canvass. worked by
steam. and is a very imposing structure.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-30

Mr.. 7. P. White asserts that the
salts formed by fruit acids and tin are
harmless. and that the poisoning by
canned fruits must be due to solder or
other impurities-arsenic, copper or
lead. "A kan.am 2ravelsr
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-11-30

The Sultan of Turkey has to have
six slaves to dress him. This is very
hard, but does not begin to compare
with the misery of a man who has six
slaves to dress-slaves of fashion,
Boston TRANSCRIPT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-08

CHANGES IN THE STATIONS OF VARIOUS OFFICERS.
The following changes have been made In the
duties and stations OF medical officers of the Army
L1eut.-Col. Anthony Heger, surgeon, now awaiting
orders In New York city, has been ordered to duty
as post surgeon at Fort Columbus, N. Y, harbor.
Major Jno. H. Janaway, surgeon, relieved from
duty at Fort Columbus, n Y, and ordered to duty
at Bentcta barracks. Capt. Henry p Birmingham,
assistant surgeon, relieved from duty at Fort Co
First Lieut.. Chas. Z. Woodruff assistant surgeon
relieved from duty at Fort Wayne, Mich, and Or
dered to Fort Mackinac, Mich Capt. Chas. K. Winnie
| barracks and ordered to Fort Wadsworth, N. Y,
relieving Capt. Valery Havard assistant surgeon,
relieving capt. [. NJ Maus, assistant surgeon
Capt Maus, on being relieved, is ordered to
Fort Schuyler RELIEVING Capt
First Lieut.. JEFFERSON D. Poindexter, assistant
has been relieved from duty at
Mont, relieving First Lieut.. c. n Macauley, as
sistant surgeon, who is ordered to Fort Gibson,
ye suason asss wSd Gsp cha
to Washington barracks Capt. Timothy
3. Wilcox. assistant surgeon, relieved from
Niobrara, Neb., relieving Major Henry Lippincott,
surgeon, who is ordered to Fort Union, N: NJ.
Major Peter Cleary, surgeon, relieved from duty
Wyoming: Major D. G. Caldwell. surgeon. re-
anu OTUcTeQ u, FOrL ASSlnaOOlne, montana.
Capt. G. 81. TOrney, assistant surgeon,
relieved from duty at Fortress Monroe, Va, and
ordered to Fort Robinson Neb., relieving Capt. W..
Mount Vernon barracks, Ala. Capt. julius H.
Patzki assistant surgeon, is relieved from duty at
Mount Vernon barracks, and ordered to Fort
surgeon, relieved from duty at Fort Hamilton,
n. Y, and ordered to duty at Fort Custer, Mont.
lleved from duty at Fort custer and ordered to
Fort Monroe. Capt. Jno. Gardiner, assistant sur
geon, relieved from duty at Newport barracks,
ing First Lieut.. A. r. Chaplin, assistant surgeon,
who Is ordered to Newport barracks Major w.
.1 r. Forwood surgeon, relieved fro from duty duty at Fort
Capt. H. o. Periey, assistant surgeon, relieved
from duty at Fort Smelling and ordered to duty
Oft Eprt
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

- OF WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL LODGE,
No IA, F. A. A. NJ, will be held Monday July l /, ut
T:3O p. m. (sharp). The brethren are specially re-
daily invited.
By order of the v, NJ
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G. A. n. Men AT the White House.

G. A. II. Men AT the White House.
MEMBERS OF LANDER POST CALL ON THE PRESIDENT.
AS announced yesterday, the members OF Lander
Post, G. A. r., of Lynn, Mass decided not to leave
Washington until they had paid their respects to
the President. They were led to this decision by the
false position in which they were placed by the
utterances Of one OF their members. The COM
mttee appointed to arrange for the reception were
given favorable answer when they called at the
White House, and the hour fixed upon was O'Clock,
and at that hour the post marched to the White
House and formed in a hollow square In the east
room. When the President came in Commander
Walker proposed three cheers for ''GrOver Cleye-
land, President OF the United States" which was
responded to vigorously.
THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSED TIE VISITORS AZ FOL-
LOWS:
I 'I can only say to you, gentlemen, that am
glad to meet you here. I have extended to you
this courtesy, as have lately, with much pleas
ure to other posts OF the Grand Army OF the Re-
public on their way home from visits to their
Southern friends want you to understand that
have lost no confidence In the Grand Army of the
Republic as an organization, Notwithstanding re-
cent occurrences to which 1t is not necessary
further to allude. It is incomprehensible to me
that men who have rtsked their lives to save the
Government should return home to abate one lot
or title OF the respect and support which every
good citizen owes to the Government and the con-
stituted authorities. greet you then as citizens
as Wen as veterans and shall be pleased to take
A general hand-shaking then followed.
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POyvderly Would Order q boycott.
THE GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN PAYS HIS RESPECT

POyvdcrly Would Order a Boycott.
THE GENERAL MASTER WORKMAN PAYS his RESPECTS
TO STOCK AND GRAIN GAMBLERS.
General Master Workman Powderly In the Jour-
ma. Of United Labor, pays hts respects to the
grain and stock brokers in a vigorous manner
Referring to the recent corners in coffee and
wheat, Mr.. Powderly says: "The lesson taught
our members by the experience OF the past six
weeks is to keep their eyes open and to keep them
turned to the produce exchanges Of New York,
Chicago. and other large cities and the moment
the grain or produce gambler stocks the cards
and announces that there Is O scarcity in q GER
tain article Of foOd-that the price must go up in
cOnSequence-every member should resolve, and
resolve out loud, that until the unhallOwed hand
OF the Spectator has been removed from the con-
troll OF the article in question not pound nor an
ounce more than can be avoided will be purchased.
This may be regarded In the light Of a boycott
not1ce-that Is exactly what intended it for, and
had the power vested in me to make the order
imperative, would order every member, SO far as
in him lies the power, to place an eternal boycott
on every grain and stock gambler In the United
States and Canada.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-08

CAPT THos. W. SYNoNs, Of the engineer depart
ment OF the District government, was some time
ago offered the position OF deputy chief engineer
OF the aqueduct commission OF New York city, at
disagreement among the commissioners the POSI-
tlon was given yesterday to another gentleman.
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The Changes at Fort Myer.

AAO Be0 6t r Or MYefe
ARRIVAL OF MAJOR CARPENTER, THE NEW CON-
MANDANr-THE FORT TO BE GOT READY FOR TWO
COMPANIES OF CAVALRY.
Major Louis b. Carpenter, 5th cavalry, who Is
to command the new cavalry garrison at Fort
Myer, reported at the War Department to-day.
He will at once assume charge Of the post and OF
such preparations as can now be made for the
two companies OF cavalry of the 4th and 9th regi-
ments, which will compose the garrison. The
troops are expected to arrive between the
10th and 10th Of July. Capt. Ander-
sons company Of the 9th cavalry is ex.
pected to leave its post In New Mexico
on the 9th instant. Capt. LawtOns company, OF
the 4th cavalry, was ordered to start east soon
as It's services could be spared. AS everything Is
now quiet in the Department Of Arizona, it is
thought that will be able to leave about the same
Time. The present accommodations at Fort Myer
are not sufficient for two companies OF cavalry, but
necessary Improvements will be completed be-
fore cold weather. The Offcers quarters are large
enough, but 1t will be necessary to build another
barracks for the soldiers Besides one OF the large
stOrehouSeS Will be transformed stables for the
accommodation OF the horses. The changes will
be authorized by Gen. Sheridan when he has ap-
proved the allotment OF funds made by Gen. SchO-
field for use in the Division OF the Atlantic. Maj.
Carpenter thinks that Fort Myer will make a
model cavalry post, and everything possible will
be done to bring 1t to a high state OF efficiency.
Capt. Henry P. Birmingham, assistant surgeon,
has been relieved from duty at Fort Columbus n.
T., and ordered to duty at Fort Myer as post sur
poOn.
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ROSTOS BY SEA
= merchants and Miners transportation Co
Steamships sail from
BALTIMORE via Norfolk to Boston
N'eJ Monday, Thursday. aud Friday A O'Clock d m
fAssenger accommodations unsurrassed
~ Sciudins meals and saloon stateroom
roon isyts.o round tsiP. So. Upper deck state
asion see circulars at all the Hotels ia sshinton
Al HUGGINs, General Agent
rsl..Sr,,. p.,.-. Long Dock, Baltimore
o&2umore <4I. ny21-3m
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BULGARIA AND HER NEW RULER,

Her Relations with Russia and Tur.
key-Princc Ferdinand a Hungarian
Catholic.
Special Cable Dispatch to THE EVENING STAR
LONDON, July S.-From Tirnovar comes two
pieces OF news, the election OF Ferdinand OF
Cob0rg as prince OF Bulgaria and the announce
ment that almost at the same hour a municipal
TIE Deum was sung I'm honor OF the return OF the
victorious Russian army nine years ago. When
IL Is added that Storlon remarked that II the
powers failed to agree in providing prince for
Bulgaria, or ratifying her own election
OF one, there is nothing left but for
Bulgaria to proclaim her Independence the
collation. OF the above facts is sufficiently curious
The idea OF Bulgaria proclaiming war against
Russia and Turkey simultaneously which is what
the proclamation OF Bulgarian Independence
would amount to, with none but the platonic
friendship OF England, is colossally absurd
Ferdlnand Is Catholic, which, OF course, is dis
TASTEFUL to Russia He is q prominent hungarian,
therefore hater OF slavs He is an officer in the
service OF Austria, Russta's great rival He Is so
little known among Bulgartans that photograph
OF him passed around among the deputies before
they chose him was almost scrambled for. The
sudden and severe illness OF KatkOn, which is de-
scrloed as due TO mental depression induced by
patriotic concern for RusSta's foreign affairs is
also, OF course, a complicatng factor.
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CAPT. GRIFFIN, WHO FOUND THE FRANKLIN RELICS
Capt. Sam1 p. Gr1f1n, formerly OF the United
States Navy, died at Aspinwall, Isthmus OF
Panama, July 4, OF paralysis He was sixty-one
years old. He had been living in Aspinwall for
four years, experimenting large contract on the
Panama Canal. he was born In Savannah, Ga, in
1895 and was graduated first In class OF sixty at
Annapolis He served throughout the Mexican
war on the United states frigate Savannah, which
then formed part OF the Pacific squadron, which
took possession OF Caltfornia IN that war; In 1S4D
he was assigned an extra hazardous duty In CON-
mand OF the u. 8. brig Rescue, which, with the
Advance, under command Of Lieut.. be Haven,
formed what is called the f1rst 0rinnel or United
states Arctic Expedition In search OF Sir John
Franklin. This expedition secured the nrsr traces
OF the lost English explorer, and both Lieut.. De
Haven and Capt Griffin were decorated by Queen
Victoria for their seryicea On his return from the
Arctic regions Capt Grimm was married 20 Miss
Emily Edey, daughter OF Henry Edey, an old New
York merchant. During the war he was detailed
BY Gen Banks 10 collect 1eet for the Red River
expedition. He soon afterward entered the employ
Of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and com
mAnded, as commodore, successive steamers Of
their aeet until 16e2.
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Killed by a stroke os Lightning.
The Fidelity Bank Failure.
MoRK ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES IN CONNECTION
WITH WHEAT DEAL

CHICAGO, July s.-A local paper says: some Inn
portant facts have come 10 the surface In regard
at the time or the collapse. Two drafts for
100000 each, payable 10 the order OF j. w. VIII
shire, on the Chemical National Bank OF New York,
We're drawn June IA 10y the Fidelity National
sBank and signed by Benz. L. Hopkins, cashier.
These drafts were Endorsed by Wiltshire. Eckert q
Co. 10 j. W. Hoyt, by Hoyt 10 Irving Green CO.,
and by them to the Bank OF Montreal, which,
upon refusal TO make payment by the Chemical
National Bank or New York, brought suit In at
tachment against the Fidelity National Bank and
garnisheed the Metropolitan Bank or Chicago,
which had $15, 600 to the credit OF the Cincinnati
Bank ID. NJ. kirton, attorney for the Bank OF
Montreal refused 20 say anything I'm regard TO the
matter except that these two drafts furnished the
basis OF vigorous prosecution TO be instituted by
the federal authorities against the officials OF the
Fidelity National Bank OF Cincinnati
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MOrm0ns i'm South Carolina.
RELIGIOUS wAR SAID TO BE THREATENED Z

MOf01Omb In south Carolina
RELIGIOUS WAR SAID TO BE THREATENED IN
OCONEE COUNTY.
special from Charleston. s. c., to the Baltimore
Sun says: Mormon missionaries have been at work
In the upper portion OF this State for several years
and have made number OF converts among the
very ignorant Two elders from Utah have estab-
lished colony OF converts In very illiterate COM
munity In Oc0nee County, near the foot OF the
Blue Ridge Mountains A building In the town.
ship has been used for several years by preachers
OF different denominations, each taking his turn.
Sunday last was the Methodist turn, and Rev. VIM.
Wright occupied the pulpit After dismissing the
congregation gne parson was about to leave the
church when he was aSSa1led In q very violent
manner by o Mormon elder named Joseph Thorpe.
soon Thorpe was surrounded by his new converts
and sympethizers IN such numbers that the situa-
ton looked alarming. Knives were drawn and
nourished freely, but no blows passed. ON Tues
day the sheriff OF Oconee County arrested Thorpe
and five OF his converts who were Jailed on the
charge Of consparacy 70 disturb q religious meet
ing. This Is thought TO be only the beginning Of
religious war. Mormon converts threaten to res
cue the prisoners, while other religious denomna-
t1OaS threaten 70 run the HOrmOns out OF the
country. It's estimated that South Carolina has
contributed over 500 recruits to the Mormon cause
In the last ten years.
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PleurO.PneumOmi I'm a Dairy.
A STARTLING DISCOVERY MADE BY THE HEALfu
QFFICERS ST Louis

OFFICERS OF ST. LOUIS.
CHICAGO July S.-A st. Louis special says: "The
health department made a startling discovery
Yesterday In Henry Weasel's South ST. Louis Dairy.
He keeps 80 cows, and supplies a large section OF
the city with milk. Fifteen cows died during the
last week OF pleuro-pneumonia, and the others are
down with the fever The milk, however, was dis
tr1buted until yesterday. The Inspector destroyed
80 gallons OF infected milk which he found on the
premises. An investigation showed that herd of
Texas cattle had been driven through o pasture
where WeaSels cows had Oeen feeding, and the
disease is supposed TO have been communicated In
this manner. One other dairy In the same vicin-
fty Is Injected
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Affair. i'm West washinxsen.

SENT 10 THE REF0RM ScH0OI.-Nathan Belt. q
fourteen yearold colored boy, was before the Po.
lice Court to-day on complaint OF his mother
charged with incorigibihty. He was sentenced to
the Reform School during minority.
SHIPPING NEws.-SchOOne Childe Harold cleared
yesterday with 1,15O tons Of coal for Boston.
Schooner John Shay cleared yesterday with 45O
tons OF coal for Richmond. Schooner 1. A. Rose
mond. Schooner Garrett p. wright cleared yes
ten1ay with barrels for Norfolk. Schooner Henry
neOec.
TxNPExATURs AND CONDITION or WAIHR At A,
M.-Great Fails, temperature, q; condition, IS:
north connection, 20; condition at south connec-
tion, 80: distributing reservoir. tempesature IS;
condition e infuent gate house g: con4ition ct
day ut 10 q. m: low tide at 10 30 pm.
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Electric Light. ON the Streets.

A PROPOSITION 10 PLACE THIN ON PENNSYLVANIA
AVENUE AND STREET LIKELY 10 BE ACCEPrED.
Twenty thousand dollars was appropriated at
the last session OF Congress for the purpose Of
electric lighting in the District. The United states
Electric Light Co. has filed q proposition with
Commissioner Ludlow to place forty electric lights
upon Pennsylvania avenue and street north
west for that amount, and Col Ludlow told STAR
reporter to-day that the Commissioners would
likely accept the offer. The District will reserve
the right to designate their location and In this
connection Capt +. w. Symons OF the engineer
department, has developed a plan to place the
lights at the street crossings, one on each corner
and third suspended over the middle OF the
street The objection that their light will be hid
den BY the trees will be Obvated by extending the
lamps into the streets on brackets or arms